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January 23, 2025
Hastings Center Launches Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) Global Bioethics Program Connecting mentors with early-career bioethicists from low-resource regions.
The Hastings Center is launching the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) Global Bioethics Program, a two-year pilot initiative connecting Hastings Center Fellows as mentors with early-career bioethicists from low-resource regions around the world. The program, which will begin in early 2025 and will announce a call for applications later this year, is supported by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) as part of its Global Health Initiative (GHI). “Bioethical challenges are present worldwide, but aspiring bioethicists in some regions have little access to resources, guidance, and networks,” said Hastings Center President Vardit Ravitsky. “It is of the utmost importance to encourage careers in bioethics in regions where the field is less established.” Read more.
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Is the New Science that Studies Genomics and Race Merely Controversial or Is It Something Worse? New framework has an answer.
A new wave of race researchers has emerged, using questionable scientific techniques to investigate alarming hypotheses regarding the genomic basis of differences in cognitive abilities between racial and ethnic groups. Is this research merely controversial, as its researchers say? No, concludes a recent article in the Hastings Center Report by Lucas J. Matthews, James Tabery, and Eric Turkheimer. They propose a new framework for evaluating scientific research based on its value and harm. This framework sees the new genomic race science as “abhorrent science”—research that is both harmful and valueless. Read more. (Subscription required for full text.)
It's Back: Hastings Center Resumes Visting Scholars Program We're accepting applications for stays.
The Hastings Center’s longstanding visiting scholars program, which was halted during the Covid-19 pandemic, is back. Applications for stays are now open. The program enables scholars from institutions around the world to make progress on their own writing and editing projects at The Hastings Center during several weeks and stay on-site in a shared apartment. Learn more.
Louise King Joins Hastings Board National leader in reproductive bioethics brings "exceptionally broad range of expertise."
The Hastings Center welcomes Louise P. King, MD, JD, to its board of directors. She is a national leader in reproductive bioethics. Among her positions, she is the director of reproductive bioethics at the Harvard Medical School Center for Bioethics and the chair of the ethics committee for the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Read more.
Current and Emerging Prenatal Testing Technologies: Bioethical Implications. Presentation by Hastings Center President Vardit Ravitsky at the Chinese University of Hong Kong Centre for Bioethics 10th Anniversary Celebration. February 21.
What Do We Have in Common? Thinking Together About Good Lives for Older Adults and Caregivers in Aging Societies. Presentation by Hastings Center senior research scholar Nancy Berlinger at the Chinese University of Hong Kong Centre for Bioethics 10th Anniversary Celebration. March 3.
The Ethical Use of Artificial Intelligence in Research: Challenges and Emerging Guidance. Panel discussion with Hastings Center President Vardit Ravitsky. March 5, 2025.
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